| parturient paresis and hypocalcemia in ruminant livestock. | parturient paresis (hypocalcemia) is most likely to affect dairy cattle around the time of parturition. it causes progressive neuromuscular dysfunction and flaccid paralysis. older dairy cows, cows with a history of parturient paresis during a previous lactation, high-producing cows, and cows from the jersey and guernsey breeds are at highest risk for developing parturient paresis. nonparturient hypocalcemia may also occur and is related to events other than parturition, such as severe stress, t ... | 1988 | 3264754 |